How Photogenxx works

Your family story
starts with
one memory.

Photogenxx makes it simple to create a living family archive—one person, one photograph, and one story at a time.

Free to beginAdd family anytimePrivate by design
Photogenxx family archive
The idea
One memory
becomes
part of a story.
And that story becomes part of something your family can carry forward.
Five simple steps

Simple enough to start today.

You don't need a complete family history to begin. Photogenxx is designed to grow naturally as you remember, discover, and add more.

01
Begin

Start your family archive.

Create your Photogenxx account and begin with the people and memories you already have. You do not need everything figured out before you start.

Create your free archive
Set up your personal profile
Choose your privacy preferences
Start with as little or as much as you have
Welcome to Photogenxx
Your archive
A beautiful place for the people and memories that make your family yours.
Begin your story
02
Build

Add the people who matter.

Create profiles for parents, grandparents, children, siblings, relatives, and the people whose stories are part of your family's history.

Create people and profiles
Add family relationships
Add important life details
Connect people across generations
M
Mom
Y
You
G
Grandma
C
Your child
03
Preserve

Bring your memories together.

Add photographs, videos, stories, letters, audio, documents, and keepsakes. Connect each memory to the people who are part of it.

Upload photographs and videos
Write stories and memories
Preserve letters and documents
Organize memories into collections
Summer 2023
Family memory
Story
Grandma's
letter
A memory preserved for the generations that come after.
04
Connect

Invite your family in.

Your archive becomes more meaningful when your family contributes. Invite people you trust to help add memories, stories, and pieces of your shared history.

Invite family contributors
Share people and memories
Collaborate across generations
Control who can access your archive
M
G
C
Your family can contribute together
05
Grow

Watch your story become a legacy.

There is no finish line. Your archive grows as your family grows, creating a living record that can be revisited by the generations that come after you.

Add new memories over time
Continue building your family tree
Create new life chapters
Preserve your family's story for the future
1950
Today
Future
Your story keeps growing
Your archive
Person
Margaret
1928 — 2019
Story
A life
well lived
Timeline
1950Today
Family
4 generations
Connected through time
Built differently

Your archive
grows with
your family.

You don't have to build everything at once. Start with one person or one photograph and let the archive grow naturally over time.

01
Start small
Begin with whatever matters most right now.
02
Add together
Invite family members to contribute their memories.
03
Keep growing
Return whenever you have another story to preserve.
Made for families

Everyone has a reason to be here.

Photogenxx is for

For the storyteller

You remember the stories, know the family history, and want somewhere meaningful to keep it.

“I want my grandchildren to know where they came from.”
Photogenxx is for

For the family keeper

You have the boxes of photographs, old letters, and memories that deserve to be preserved.

“Someone needs to make sure we don’t lose these.”
Photogenxx is for

For the next generation

You want your children to inherit more than photographs—you want them to inherit the stories behind them.

“I want them to be able to come back to this someday.”
There is no perfect time

Start with what you have.

You don't need hundreds of photographs. You don't need a finished family tree. You don't need every story written down.

You just need one memory worth keeping.

Create your free archive
Where generations connect

Your family story
starts here.

Create a place for the people you love, the memories you keep, and the stories you want future generations to know.

Start preserving your story
Free to begin · Upgrade as your archive grows